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| Iron meteorite | |
|---|---|
| — Type — | |
 | |
| Compositional type | Iron |
| Parent body | >50 |
| Composition | >95% iron, nickel, and cobalt; 5–25% nickel |
| TKW | c. 500 short tons (450 t) |
 Widmanstätten pattern as seen on an etched and polished slice of an olivine-free portion of the Seymchan meteorite.[a] Scale unknown. | |
Iron meteorites, also called siderites or ferrous meteorites, are a type of meteorite that consist overwhelmingly of an iron–nickel alloy known as meteoric iron that usually consists of two mineral phases: kamacite and taenite. Most iron meteorites originate from cores of planetesimals,[3] with the exception of the IIE iron meteorite group.[4]
The iron found in iron meteorites was one of the earliest sources of usable iron available to humans, due to the malleability and ductility of the meteoric iron,[5] before the development of smelting that signaled the beginning of the Iron Age.
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